Improvement in vegetable-cutters



S. HAUCK, lr.

Vegetable-Cutter. N0,1'65,229 Patentedmyamm.

WITNESSES :NvEN 0R mywz W ,Mw 2?/ #ATTORNEYS MPEFERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT. Orrrcn.

SAMUEL HAUCK, JR., OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO ALFRED B. HAUCK ANDl CHARLES BfANDREWS, l

OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEGETABLE-CUTTERS.

Specification forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 165,229, dated July 6, 1875 application led May 15, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL HAUCK, Jr., of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Vegetable-Cutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and ligures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of my vegetable-cutter, and Fig. 2 `is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in devices for cutting vegetables into slices, wherein. the cutter-platform is caused to reciprocate horizontally through a box or hopperl containing the vegetables to be cut up; and the nature of the invention consists in combining with such a reciprocating platform one or more rollers arranged under the same, whereby the former is allowed to have free endwise movement, and the labor of actuating the machine greatly decreased, as will be vfully understoodfrom the following description: u

In the annexed drawings, A designates the side rails of the frame of my improved vegetable-cutter, in which, and at a suitable distance apart, are mounted two rollers, B, the

functions ot' which will hereinafter appear. This frame is supported upon legs a, which arerigidly secured to vertically-vibrating end boards C, which latter are arranged between side-boards A and extend inward to rollers B, constituting a portion of the bottoni of the frame. These boards are each provided with chutes b, which incline inward toward each other. D represents a cutterbla-de table or platform, through-which is cut a slot, o, in a position vertical to, its length, over and in the length of which is arranged a double-edged slicer, E. This blade or slicer is secured in position by meansof preferablyT cylindrical bolts at each of its ends, which are passed into corresponding perforationsat each end of slot c, and it is vertically adjustable for the purpose ot' increasing or diminishing the thickness of the slices cut, as the Jiecessities of the case may render expedient.

,Y table D in a position intermediate to rollers B. Table D has free endwise movement under this hopper, so that when the latter is tilled with vegetables, and a horizontally-reciprocating movement is imparted to the cutter-bearing board, a slice will be cut oft the lower part of the contents of the hopper at each ofthe reciprocations of the cutter.

Where vegetables are of flaky, looselypacked nature, I propose to use aboard, which may be weighted, fitting snugly into the hopper, and pressing the vegetables down into contact with the cutter-blade.

Motion is imparted to platform D in the following manner,to wit: A pin, p, rigidly secured to its lat-eral edge, is passed into a suitable perforation in an endwise-movable rod, G, arranged in bearings at the side ot' the frame, and provided with a slotted yoke or cross-head, g, within which is 4passed a wrist-pin, t', on a disk, H, rotating in suitable bearings at the side ot' the cutter-trarne. Disk H is operated through the medium ot a suitable balance-wheel, I, which is ot' the nature of a crank-arm and fly-wheel combined; and when it is caused to rotate by a suitable motor it will impart a regular and forcible horizontally-reciprocating movement to the cutter-blade. ln this way an oscillating connecting-rod or pitinan is dispensed with. Boards C, being pivotally attached to the cutter-frame, may be vibrated downward into the position shown in dotted lines, thus allowing ready access to be had to the rollers B, for the purpose of `allowing them to be readily cleansed, or for clearing them when they become clogged. These rollers allow the cutter-blade table to reciprocate represents a box or hopper, arranged over with but little friet-ion, thus greatly lessenvingr the labor and cost ot'` operating the de- V106.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure i by Letters Patent, is

In a. 'vegetable-cutting machine, the combination, with the hopper F,'0f -the horizon-- tally-reciprocating platform D, provided with an adjustable cutter, E, and rollers B, mounted upon an extensible fra-me, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony thutl claim the above I have hereunto subscribed. my name in the presence of two witnesses. v

SAMUEL HAUCK, J R.

Witnesses: I ,l

ANTHONY S. ELY, B. BOYER. 

